Rootes bought Ramsbury Manor, Wiltshire. Death William Rootes died in 1964. It had been intended that Rootes would be the first Chancellor of the University of Warwick; he is commemorated there by the Rootes Social Building, Rootes student residences, Rootes Grocery Store and the Lord Rootes Memorial Fund. Arms See also Rootes Group References External links Rootes Archive Centre 1894 births 1964 deaths British founders of automobile manufacturers Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire People from Goudhurst Rootes Group Hereditary barons created by Elizabeth II